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Post by don on Aug 23, 2023 20:10:26 GMT -5
For the next week…..  |
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Post by trailboss on Aug 23, 2023 20:21:12 GMT -5
Looks like a nice place to hang your hat, Don!
The next few weeks, we are traveling but although I would rather be in a tent 🏕️ n the forest, we will be in hotels.
Spoiled wife, happy life.😉
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Post by don on Aug 23, 2023 20:37:00 GMT -5
Wife is with me. We both still like to camp. Can’t backpack anymore. Her feet and back would suffer too much. I can still sleep on the ground under the stars with minimal padding. No one I know is willing to do that with me though.
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Post by trailboss on Aug 23, 2023 20:46:18 GMT -5
I hear you. I loved my backpacking days in the backcountry, nothing beats the remoteness with the wind whistling in the pines, and hearing deer foraging in the middle of the night.
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Post by urbino on Aug 23, 2023 21:06:29 GMT -5
Looks like a nice setup. Enjoy!
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Post by Darin on Aug 24, 2023 6:12:01 GMT -5
Very nice ... enjoy!
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Post by coalsmoke on Aug 24, 2023 7:04:37 GMT -5
Sweet camp, Don! Yes, I remember my own solo backpacking adventures. I always used the best gear that I could get and afford to keep me safe and comfortable. I've backpacked in the Nantahala Nation Forest in the mountains of western NC, Pecos Wilderness in NM, and the Catskill and Adirondack Mountains in NY. Good memories from my younger, thinner days.
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Post by Mrs. Zarnicky on Aug 24, 2023 11:14:34 GMT -5
Wife is with me. We both still like to camp. Can’t backpack anymore. Her feet and back would suffer too much. I can still sleep on the ground under the stars with minimal padding. No one I know is willing to do that with me though. Zarnicky willing! |
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Post by toshtego on Aug 24, 2023 11:17:32 GMT -5
That looks like a good camp.
I used to backpack, solo, in the southern Cascades of Oregon in the early 1970s. I cannot do that anymore. I hoped to venture forth again with a donkey and panniers but my burro died in 2005.
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Post by don on Aug 24, 2023 13:14:33 GMT -5
That looks like a good camp. I used to backpack, solo, in the southern Cascades of Oregon in the early 1970s. I cannot do that anymore. I hoped to venture forth again with a donkey and panniers but my burro died in 2005. I will still desert camp out of my Tacoma. Kind of a burro…. |
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Post by trailboss on Aug 24, 2023 13:34:27 GMT -5
That looks like a good camp. I used to backpack, solo, in the southern Cascades of Oregon in the early 1970s. I cannot do that anymore. I hoped to venture forth again with a donkey and panniers but my burro died in 2005. I was in the backcountry of Yosemite, and a guy came along with his Llamas. They had packs on them and he said they were ideal pack animals because they did not like getting their feet wet, and his stuff always stayed dry. Also he said, that they were permitted to go where donkeys were not as the hooves do not damage the trails. He was able to pack some luxuries in the backcountry as a result… things that my back could not bear. |
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Post by adui on Aug 24, 2023 19:36:04 GMT -5
I'd almost wish I could make that my permanent home! Nice pic, enjoy the outing.
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Post by don on Aug 24, 2023 19:47:10 GMT -5
Raining hard for the past hour. Tent is doing well. We have decent rain gear. Wearing my British Gore-Tex rain shell.
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Post by trailboss on Aug 24, 2023 22:36:40 GMT -5
That looks like a good camp. I used to backpack, solo, in the southern Cascades of Oregon in the early 1970s. I cannot do that anymore. I hoped to venture forth again with a donkey and panniers but my burro died in 2005. I was in the backcountry of Yosemite, and a guy came along with his Llamas. They had packs on them and he said they were ideal pack animals because they did not like getting their feet wet, and his stuff always stayed dry. Also he said, that they were permitted to go where donkeys were not as the hooves do not damage the trails. He was able to pack some luxuries in the backcountry as a result… things that my back could not bear. I just wanted to add, that that gentleman said that there was no need to pack food for the Llama’s, they could feast on the local offerings just fine. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Aug 25, 2023 3:46:39 GMT -5
That looks nice and tranquil. We have 11 people to show around the north coast this week. It's been crazy busy. I need a break when they leave, but alas, that's not going to happen. I've been told I'll probably have a funeral next week.
Wanna swap, Don?
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Post by toshtego on Aug 25, 2023 10:37:30 GMT -5
That looks like a good camp. I used to backpack, solo, in the southern Cascades of Oregon in the early 1970s. I cannot do that anymore. I hoped to venture forth again with a donkey and panniers but my burro died in 2005. I was in the backcountry of Yosemite, and a guy came along with his Llamas. They had packs on them and he said they were ideal pack animals because they did not like getting their feet wet, and his stuff always stayed dry. Also he said, that they were permitted to go where donkeys were not as the hooves do not damage the trails. He was able to pack some luxuries in the backcountry as a result… things that my back could not bear. We have a local guide who takes people on treks supported by llamas. |
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Post by don on Aug 25, 2023 11:01:51 GMT -5
That looks nice and tranquil. We have 11 people to show around the north coast this week. It's been crazy busy. I need a break when they leave, but alas, that's not going to happen. I've been told I'll probably have a funeral next week. Wanna swap, Don? No thank you. I am all funeraled out for now. I am pretty sure I have 3-4 coming in the next year. Lots of elderly family in declining health.😔 |
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Post by don on Aug 25, 2023 12:36:04 GMT -5
Rain is starting again. 11:30 MST. Supposed to go all night. Tarped our picnic table. Endeavoring to persevere.
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Post by urbino on Aug 25, 2023 17:29:27 GMT -5
Rain is starting again. 11:30 MST. Supposed to go all night. Tarped our picnic table. Endeavoring to persevere. Chief Dan George over here. |
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Post by don on Aug 25, 2023 18:01:32 GMT -5
Rain is starting again. 11:30 MST. Supposed to go all night. Tarped our picnic table. Endeavoring to persevere. Chief Dan George over here. You got the reference! Renaissance man, you! |
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Post by urbino on Aug 25, 2023 20:03:34 GMT -5
It's a quotable movie.
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Post by toshtego on Aug 25, 2023 21:34:33 GMT -5
Chief Dan George over here. You got the reference! Renaissance man, you! It was fairly apparent. Still, a great line which has become part of us. Right up there with "What we have here is failure to communicate", "I'll be back", among others. Few of us quote Shakespeare, Thomas Mann, or Voltaire, but we do love our movies. |
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Post by don on Aug 26, 2023 18:56:36 GMT -5
You got the reference! Renaissance man, you! It was fairly apparent. Still, a great line which has become part of us. Right up there with "What we have here is failure to communicate", "I'll be back", among others. Few of us quote Shakespeare, Thomas Mann, or Voltaire, but we do love our movies. We do, John. Good observation. |
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Post by don on Aug 27, 2023 14:31:57 GMT -5
Paddled out to Deer Island in the middle of Lake Granby. A four mile round trip. The lake was pretty calm. There are spots with a bit of chop and some swells, but it was pretty friendly water. Beached on the island, ate some trail mix, drank my hot chai tea I had in the kayak and started a cob of Half and Half. I have not taken my little 10ft Old Town Vapor XT that far before. I had to work to keep up with my kids. They were in our two 14 1/2 ft touring boats and our two 12 1/2ft Old Town Loons.  |
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Post by trailboss on Aug 27, 2023 16:13:08 GMT -5
Glad that you had some nice weather.
I was ready to ask you to pitch a tent in Phoenix, Rainmaker!
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Post by don on Aug 27, 2023 18:38:32 GMT -5
Glad that you had some nice weather. I was ready to ask you to pitch a tent in Phoenix, Rainmaker! Charlie asked me to pitch a tent!🤪 |
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Post by trailboss on Aug 27, 2023 18:43:48 GMT -5
I will admit that I meant pitch a tent as you did under the trees, however by your response I knew that there was some sort of double meaning/suggestion afoot. But looking at your toes from the kayak, in retrospect, I am glad that you did not lower the camera...what happens in the woods stays in the woods. www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pitch%20a%20tentDirty Don! |
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Post by don on Aug 27, 2023 19:26:23 GMT -5
I will admit that I meant pitch a tent as you did under the trees, however by your response I knew that there was some sort of double meaning/suggestion afoot. But looking at your toes from the kayak, in retrospect, I am glad that you did not lower the camera...what happens in the woods stays in the woods. www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pitch%20a%20tentDirty Don! Hah! The same is true for the desert I have found.😉 |
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Post by don on Aug 28, 2023 7:40:42 GMT -5
Took some pictures last night just before we got hit with this violent thunderstorm. Very high wind and heavy rain for about the first 15 minutes, then just steady rain for a couple of hours. Tent held up.  |
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Post by don on Aug 28, 2023 20:53:39 GMT -5
Tonight’s reward after weathering another thunderstorm that started with downdraft wind flying off the lake and hammering our tent. She held up to another battering. Our dining table screen house would have blown away if I had remained in the tent for another minute. I re-staked a corner, tied off to a tree instead of a guy-line to a tent stake for the anchor. I had to hang on, even at that to keep it from taking off. It was pretty impressive wind. And, it was highest on the back end of the storm.  |
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